The resignation of nine Toshiba executives, including the CEO, for doctoring books places the company beside the growing rogues' gallery of corporate desperados. The Houston company set a new standard for creative accounting practices. Tyco's CEO Dennis Kozlowski became the singular image of excess on Wall Street, throwing a $2 million birthday party for his...

BOSTON, July 12- U.S. companies often pay their CEOs far too much compared with their lowest-paid workers as boards of directors compete to compensate their top executives more than peers. "It would be healthier for our society if CEOs were paid less," said Michael Kagan, who oversees about $9 billion in assets as a senior portfolio manager at ClearBridge...

Morzaria was born in Uganda and moved to Britain in 1971. The British citizen, who graduated in computer science and accounting from Manchester University, is a qualified chartered accountant. He has also worked at Credit Suisse and SG Warburg. Colm Kelleher, Morgan Stanley president of institutional sales: 3/ 1.

LONDON, July 8- Barclays Chairman John McFarlane has fired the British bank's chief executive just three months after taking the lender's top job, saying an injection of new blood would help accelerate strategic change and boost shareholder returns. McFarlane said on a conference call he had spoken to Jenkins last week about his position after independent...

TOKYO, July 3- Japan's efforts to boost its economy through better corporate governance has drawn foreign investors into its stock markets but with the unintended side-effect of weakening the yen. "With the introduction of corporate governance, Japanese corporations are trying to boost ROE, an important metric for foreign investors," said Kaneo Ogino,...

*Hong Kong corporate governance ranking fell in 2014. HONG KONG, June 29- Missing executives, bribery probes, workers suspected of pilfering company documents- not the plot for a thriller, just regular reading for a Hong Kong stock trader. Puzzling company statements that would raise eyebrows in most financial centres have become increasingly common in Hong...